Activist David Hogg and the organization he founded, Leaders We Deserve, have vowed to shake up the Democratic Party’s establishment through money and attention on a new slate of liberal candidates, but the group has made little progress so far toward its goals, according to a new report. 

Hogg, who became nationally known after leading gun violence protests in the wake of the 2018 shootings at his high school in Parkland, Florida, has since turned his attention to Democratic Party politics, founding the Leaders organization in 2023 and announcing this year that the group would raise $20 million to challenge incumbent Democrats. 

But critics in the party say the plan is a waste of money that will end up hurting other candidates and have labeled Hogg’s efforts for party change as self-promotion, reported The Washington Post.

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